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Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving
with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-17, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France
during World War I, commanding the unit from Aug. 1917 to Apr. 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis
V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The
collection consists of portraits of Colonel Dudley J. Hard and views of Troop A, the 8th Ohio Cavalry, the 107th Cavalry,
and the 135th Field Artillery Regiment at various camps and during the Spanish American War, World War I, Mexican border duty,
and in the 1920s and 1930s. Also included are views of President William McKinley's funeral in Canton, Ohio, 1901, and unidentified
strikers, ca. 1920.
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